Pacers center Andrew Bynum: 'I want to play'

1:55 PM,
Mar. 2, 2014

Indianapolis Pacers center Andrew Bynum

Written by

Candace Buckner
candace.buckner@indystar.com

He sits on a padded chair after practice with his new team, both legs stretched out before him. Even this state of rest makes Andrew Bynum's knees ache.

He describes the sensation as how he imagines arthritis feels. He feels older than he is and the gray coils, that he refuses to dye black, popping up in his afro are not helping him look like a 26-year-old NBA center who should be entering his prime years.

Though his many knee surgeries and procedures did not scare off the Indiana Pacers from signing Bynum in February - team president of basketball operations Larry Bird phoned Bynum's agent the day ...